串 chuàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
串
chuàn
string, bunch; measure word for strings
Character
Example phrases
- 他从市场买了一串葡萄，却发现有一半已经变质。 Tā cóng shìchǎng mǎi le yí chuàn pútao, què fāxiàn yǒu yíbàn yǐjīng biànzhì. He bought a bunch of grapes at the market, only to find that half of them had already gone bad.
- 她脖子上戴着一串红色的珠子。 Tā bózi shàng dàizhe yí chuàn hóngsè de zhūzi. She wore a string of red beads around her neck.
- 孩子手里拿着一串糖葫芦，笑得很开心。 Háizi shǒu lǐ názhe yí chuàn tánghúlu, xiào de hěn kāixīn. The child held a skewer of candied hawthorns and was smiling happily.
Related words
- 串门 chuànmén to visit someone at home; to drop in
- 一连串 yìliánchuàn a series of; a string of
- 密集 mìjí to concentrate; dense
- 弯曲 wānqū curved
- 广阔 guǎngkuò vast, wide
- 歪 wāi crooked
- 占据 zhànjù to occupy
- 对称 duìchèn symmetrical
- 重心 zhòngxīn center of gravity, core
- 垂直 chuízhí to be vertical
- 竖 shù vertical; to erect; vertical line
- 横 héng horizontal, across; to cross; horizontal line